Agricultural tractor



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Patented Apr. 19, 1949 PAT QFFICE AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR Herschel Hutchings, Lubbock, Tex.

Application December 9, 1946, Serial No. 714,953

1 Claim. i

This invention relates to an improved agricultural tractor of the type shown in my U. S. Letters Patent No. 2,404,442, dated July 23, 1946, wherein provision is made to enable the driver to view the row or ground between the'sides of the tractor directly rearwardly of the power plant.

In accordance with the present invention, the propeller shaft is offset to one side of the longitudinal center of the tractor, the transmission assembly is directly connected with the differential assembly, the transmission assembly and the power plant are located at or near said longitudinal center, and gearings are provided respectively between the power plant and the forward end of the propeller shaft and between the rear end of the propeller shaft and the transmission assembly. A transverse bracket plate secured on the side frame rails supports the front end of the transmission assembly, and brackets of the standard type support the propeller shaft upon and above one side frame rail.

The exact nature of the present invention will become apparent from the following description when considered with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly broken away and in section, of a tractor embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a topplan view of the tractor shown in Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged transverse sections taken respectively on line 3-3 and line 64 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing a modification. t

Figure 6 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the invention includes side frame rails Sand 5a, supported at their forward ends on a front axle 6 having front steering and supporting wheels 'I', and supported at their rear ends upon a rear axle structure 8 which includes spaced rear drive wheels 9 and a differential assembly I located at the longitudinal center a of the tractor as shown in Figure 2, or near but to one side of said center as secured upon the rails and 5a, and the shaft I3 55 is supported by brackets b above the rail 6. The brackets b are in the form of standards secured on the roll I. I

A belt or other suitable gearing I4 operatively connects the drive shaft I5 of power plant II with the forward end of propeller shaft I3, and a sprocket or other suitable gearing I6 operatively connects the rear end of shaft I3 with the drive shaft of transmission assembly I2. By placing the assembly I2 at the center a as in Figure 2, a structure which is nearly balanced transversely is had. However, by locating the assembly I2 near but to one side of the center a as in Figure 5, better vision of the ground along the center a is had. Otherwise; the forms of Figures 2 and 5 are alike.

The fuel storage tank is shown at I8, and a drivers seat I9 is supported on the structure 8 between the wheels 9.

It will be seen that the driver occupying the seat f9 may clearly view the row along the line a between the rails 5 and 5a directly behind the power plant I I.

What I claim is: v

An agricultural tractor including an open frame having side rails and provided with front steering and supporting wheels, a power plant.

supported by the forward end of the frame centrally between said wheels and having a rearpeller shaft, a second gearing connecting the rear end of the propeller shaft with the drive shaft of the transmission assembly, a drivers seat supported on said rear axle structure between the drive wheels, and a transverse bracket plate extending between and secured on said side rails and supporting the front end of said transmission assembly.

HERSCHEL HUTCHINGS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 913,250 Bailey Feb. 23, 1909 1,546,708 Booth July 21, 1925 2,046,429 Ronning July '7, 1936 2,261,354 Fee Nov. 4, 1941 Hutchings July 23, 1946 

